| Number | 20472 |
| Subject | Business |
| Source | Wall Street Journal (New York) |
| State | NY |
| Year | 2000 |
| Publication Date | August 10, 2000 |
| Summary | According to the article, "Yesterday, ine the face of a federal investigation into 46 deaths and more than 300 incidents involving Firestone tires that allegedly shredded on the highway, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. said it would recall more than 6.5 million tires, the majority of them mounted as original equipment on Ford Motor Co. Explorers and other Ford light trucks. The Firestone brands affected are certain 15-inch Radial ATX and Radial ATX II tires produced in North America and certain Wilderness AT tires with product code P235/75R15 that were manufactured at Firestone's Decatur, Ill. plant." |
| Category | General |
| Pages | 3 |
| Keywords | Firestone;Ford;tires;blowouts;Ford Motor Company;Ford Explorers;Decatur;IL;deaths;danger;recall |
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